SURVIVING CROOKED LAKE

SURVIVING CROOKED LAKE

The Story:
Steph (Stephannie Richardson) is a fourteen-year-old girl who has been terrified of the water ever since the traumatic death of her father. However, Steph is persuaded by three of her friends Alysha (Alysha Aubin), Candice (Candice Mausner) and Morgan (Morgan McCunn) to join them for an overnight canoe trip, with Jonah (Guy Yarkoni), Steph's older brother, serving as their guide. What starts as a playful trip down the river takes a sudden and unpleasant turn when an accident claims Jonah's life.

Suddenly the four teenage girls are stranded in the wilderness, with no idea of where they are or how to get home; making the journey all the more perilous is Steph's insistence that they can't leave her brother's body behind.

Starring:
Alysha Aubin, Candice Mausner, Morgan McCunn, Stephannie Richardson, Guy Yarkoni, Grant Palmer, Shay-Lynn Bouche, Dylan Cassidy, Sarah Cassidy, Cassandra Gravelle, Morgan Lange, Hailey Ward, Alex Essoe, Zach Gayne, Sean Myers.

Directed By:
Sascha Drews, Ezra Krybus, Matthew Miller

Release:
2009

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MUTANTS

MUTANTS (French)

The Story:
A young couple is caught in the midst of a viral outbreak that transforms the nation into a swarm of bloodthirsty mutants.

Marco (Francis Renaud) and Sonia (Hélène de Fougerolles) set off to find a secret base to escape from the 'mutants'. When the latter attack them, Marco is infected too. Little by little, he undergoes the same changes. Sonia, who is expecting a baby, is then forced to fight her worst enemy, the man she loves.

Starring:
Hélène de Fougerolles, Francis Renaud, Dida Diafat, Marie-Sohna Conde

Directed By:
David Morley

Release:
2009

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UNDER THE MOUNTAIN

UNDER THE MOUNTAIN

The Story:
Teenage twins Rachel (Sophie McBride) and Theo Matheson (Tom Cameron) investigate the spooky house next door, only to discover the Wilberforces – shape-shifting creatures that lurk beneath Auckland's ring of extinct volcanoes. With the help of the mysterious Mr Jones (Sam Neill) and their older cousin Ricky (Leon Wadham), the twins must rekindle the unique powers they once shared if they are to destroy this ancient evil.

Starring:
Sam Neill, Oliver Driver, Sophie McBride, Tom Cameron, Matthew Chamberlain, Michaela Rooney

Directed By:
Jonathan King

Release:
2009

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MARY AND MAX.

mary and Max.

The Story:
It is a simple tale of pen-friendship between two very different people.

It's 1976 when we meet Mary Daisy Dinkle (Bethany Whitmore), a plump, unloved 8-year-old girl with thick glasses and a birthmark on her forehead that is "the color of poo."

Mary lives in the Melbourne suburb of Mount Waverley, where she's neglected by her dull factory-worker dad and her chain-smoking, sherry-nipping mum. Longing for a friend besides her pet rooster, Mary tears a page at random from an American phone book and ends up scrawling a letter to Max Horovitz (Phillip Seymour Hoffman), a 44 year old, severely obese, Jewish man with Aspergers Syndrome living in the chaos of New York.

Max lives a very ordered life. He suffers from severe panic attacks when confronted by anything new, doesn’t understand verbal signals, has an imaginary friend named Mr. Ravioli, keeps a pet fish, has a fondness for chocolate and regularly sees his psychologist.

Mary includes a chocolate bar with her letter and Max writes back, telling Mary much of his life’s history, although his understanding of where babies comes from is just as confused as hers. As the years pass, their letter writing continues and their friendship grows.

When Mary is a young woman (Toni Collette) her father dies and leaves her some money which she uses to go to university to study diseases of the mind. She marries the Greek boy next door, Damian Popodopolous (Eric Bana). Mary wants to cure the world of mental illness and writes a book about Max and the unintended consequences of this book have a major affect on Mary’s life.

Starring Voices:
Philip Seymour Hoffman, Toni Collette, Eric Bana, Barry Humphries, Bethany Whitmore

Directed By:
Adam Elliott

Release:
2009

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GP506

GP506 (South Korea)

The Story:
Something terrible seems to have happened at the military guard post 506, a support base in the DMZ between North and South Korea. No contact has been made for the last couple of hours. Sergeant Major Noh (Cheon Ho-jin) is sent to investigate along with a military police team before the military goes in to cover everything up. One member of the team that was stationed at guard post 506 was the son of a high-ranked officer and bad publicity is the last thing one can afford on the Korean border.

When Noh arrives at GP 506 he and his team discover private Kang (Lee Yeong-hoon), covered in blood and stooped over the chopped up pieces of his comrades. Kang is shot at and so can give no further report of the events at the guard post. The only other survivor is Yoo (Jo Hyeon-jae), who is very slow in relating any information on the incident. It seems as if a virus is responsible for evoking extremely violent behavior. Now it seems as if the game is entering its second round, as Noh's men start showing the same symptoms and death starts its rampage once more...

Starring:
Cheon Ho-jin, Jo Hyeon-jae, Lee Yeong-hoon, Lee Jeong-heon, Sin Hyeon-tak, Choi Kyoo-hwan, Do Byeong-cheol, Kim Byeong-cheol, Lee Cheol-hee, Koo Seong-hwan, Yang Gi-won, Park Hyeong-jae, Jo Jin-woong, Moon Jae-won, Yeo Min-goo, Son Byeong-ho

Directed By:
Kong Su-chang

Release:
2008

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THE ALPHABET KILLER

THE ALPHABET KILLER

The Story:
The Alphabet Killer is based on the double initial killings in Rochester, New York in the early 1970s.

Megan Paige (Eliza Dushku) is an investigator for the Rochester Police Department who is assigned to investigate the murder of a young girl named Carla Castillo, whose body is found in the nearby village of Churchville covered in cat hair. Against opposition of her colleagues and partner-boyfriend Kenneth Shine (Cary Elwes), Megan insists that the murder is a work of a serial killer. Despite Megan’s considerable efforts, she fails to catch the killer. Stress and obsession of the investigation causes Megan to hallucinate the victim's image. She ultimately has a nervous breakdown and tries to commit suicide.

Following two years of medical treatment and attending mental illness support group headed by Richard Ledge (Timothy Hutton), Megan rejoins the police department in a clerical job.
When another girl, Wendy Walsh is abducted, raped and murdered in Webster, Megan is convinced that the killer has resurfaced and her old fire is reheated. Against his better judgement, Kenneth allows Megan to ride along with investigator Stephen Harper (Tom Malloy), but only in an advisory capacity. However, soon after she is in the thick of things, her old symptoms start coming back, namely in the form of hallucinations of both dead girls now. Ledge tells her that she’s flirting with disaster. Megan knows that the case is in danger of going cold with few leads, no suspects, and a serial killer on the loose. Can she catch him in time? Or will the “Alphabet Killer” go free?

Megan sets out to find the killer, and this time she plans to get the job done, with or without the department's assistance.

Starring:
Eliza Dushku, Michael Ironside, Cary Elwes, Timothy Hutton, Bill Moseley, Carl Lumbly, Nate Dushku, Melissa Leo, Tom Noonan, Tom Malloy.

Directed By:
Rob Schmidt

Release:
2008

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THE NARROWS

The Narrows

The Story:
This compelling coming-of-age story combines suspense, murder and loyalty. Based on Tim McLoughlin's novel "Heart of the Old Country."

Mike Manadoro (Kevin Zegers), a 19 year old from Brooklyn, will do almost anything to get out of his neighborhood and to study photography at a Manhattan university. The problem is Mike's father Vinny (Vincent D'Onofrio), a retired sanitation worker, does not have the financial means to support his son's dream.

So when local mob boss Tony (Titus Welliver) offers Mike a high paying job, he takes it. Mike enters college at the same time as he begins delivering mysterious packages for Tony. Juggling new friendships, old loyalties, girlfriend Gina (Monica Keena) from the neighborhood he's promised to marry. a new romance Kathy Popovich (Sophia Bush ) and the world of small-time crime, Mike's choices begin to result in dangerous and potentially fatal consequences for himself and everyone around him.

Starring:
Kevin Zegers, Vincent D'Onofrio, Sophia Bush, Eddie Cahill, Titus Welliver, Monica Keena

Directed By:
François Velle

Release:
2009

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